Richard Valantasis
Biographic Data
| ID | 412016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Valantasis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Valantasis |
| SIGNATURE | VALANTASIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice
The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism
This chapter, "The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism," explores the concept of asceticism as a practice of self-formation across diverse historical and cultural contexts. It examines how ancient ascetic traditions, particularly early Christianity, understood the self as malleable and capable of transformation through disciplined practices. The chapter connects these historical perspectives with modern understandings of selfhood, a…
Title Pages
A Theory of the Social Function of Asceticism
Over the course of the past seventy years or more, theorists in the social sciences and the humanities have explored asceticism as a vital component of sociology, social history, and hermeneutics; while historians have been exploring the role of asceticism and the place of ascetics in the societies of late antiquity and the western Middle Ages. The historical perspective has focused on the function of asceticism and the ascetic within the dominan…
Practices and Meanings of Asceticism in Contemporary Religious Life and Culture: A Panel Discussion
The unusual combination in this conference of practitioners of asceticism and historians of asceticism, as well as representatives of asceticism across religious and cultural lines, was at once a stroke of genius and a very frightening possibility, because these are groups of people who normally do not speak to one another. Those for whom ascetical texts are still determinative and important do not meet often with those for whom they are importan…
Asceticism
From meditation and fasting to celibacy and anchoritism, the ascetic impulse has been an enduring and complex phenomenon throughout history. Offering a sweeping view of this elusive and controversial aspect of religious life and culture, Asceticism looks at the ascetic impulse from a unique vantage point. Cross-cultural, cross-religious, and multidisciplinary in nature, these essays provide a broad historical and comparative perspective on asceti…
Reading Renunciation: Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity . Elizabeth A. Clark
Demons, Adversaries, Devils, Fishermen: The Asceticism of "Authoritative Teaching" (NHL, VI, 3) in the Context of Roman Asceticism
Asceticism
Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism. David Brakke
Asceticism
Asceticism
Constructions of Power in Asceticism
Journal Article Constructions of Power in Asceticism Get access Richard Valantasis Richard Valantasis Richard Valantasis is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Church History at Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63108 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIII, Issue 4, Winter 1995, Pages 775–822, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXIII.4.775 Publis…
Constructions of Power in Asceticism
Journal Article Constructions of Power in Asceticism Get access Richard Valantasis Richard Valantasis Richard Valantasis is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Church History at Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63108 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIII, Issue 4, Winter 1995, Pages 775–822, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXIII.4.775 Publis…
The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism
This chapter, "The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism," explores the concept of asceticism as a practice of self-formation across diverse historical and cultural contexts. It examines how ancient ascetic traditions, particularly early Christianity, understood the self as malleable and capable of transformation through disciplined practices. The chapter connects these historical perspectives with modern understandings of selfhood, a…
Constructions of Power in Asceticism
Journal Article Constructions of Power in Asceticism Get access Richard Valantasis Richard Valantasis Richard Valantasis is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Church History at Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63108 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIII, Issue 4, Winter 1995, Pages 775–822, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXIII.4.775 Publis…
Asceticism
Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism. David Brakke
Asceticism
Asceticism
Reading Renunciation: Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity . Elizabeth A. Clark
Demons, Adversaries, Devils, Fishermen: The Asceticism of "Authoritative Teaching" (NHL, VI, 3) in the Context of Roman Asceticism
Title Pages
A Theory of the Social Function of Asceticism
Over the course of the past seventy years or more, theorists in the social sciences and the humanities have explored asceticism as a vital component of sociology, social history, and hermeneutics; while historians have been exploring the role of asceticism and the place of ascetics in the societies of late antiquity and the western Middle Ages. The historical perspective has focused on the function of asceticism and the ascetic within the dominan…
Practices and Meanings of Asceticism in Contemporary Religious Life and Culture: A Panel Discussion
The unusual combination in this conference of practitioners of asceticism and historians of asceticism, as well as representatives of asceticism across religious and cultural lines, was at once a stroke of genius and a very frightening possibility, because these are groups of people who normally do not speak to one another. Those for whom ascetical texts are still determinative and important do not meet often with those for whom they are importan…
Asceticism
From meditation and fasting to celibacy and anchoritism, the ascetic impulse has been an enduring and complex phenomenon throughout history. Offering a sweeping view of this elusive and controversial aspect of religious life and culture, Asceticism looks at the ascetic impulse from a unique vantage point. Cross-cultural, cross-religious, and multidisciplinary in nature, these essays provide a broad historical and comparative perspective on asceti…
The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism
This chapter, "The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism," explores the concept of asceticism as a practice of self-formation across diverse historical and cultural contexts. It examines how ancient ascetic traditions, particularly early Christianity, understood the self as malleable and capable of transformation through disciplined practices. The chapter connects these historical perspectives with modern understandings of selfhood, a…
Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice
Asceticism (10 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (9 works) · Theology (8 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (6 works) · History (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Classics (3 works)